Most Wins By A Rookie Pitcher Since 1940

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most regular-season wins by a rookie pitcher since 1940

NAME	W	SEASON	TM	L	W%	G	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
Larry Jansen	21	1947	NYG	5	.808	42	30	3.16	104	20	1	1	248.0	241	87	102	22	57	1	5		985	2	3.77	2.07	1.82	0.80	10.6	5.8	1.20	.273	3.70	77	3.51	87	8.75	14.4
Dave Ferriss	21	1945	BSA	10	.677	35	31	2.96	94	26	5	2	264.2	263	87	101	6	85	7	4		1,103	4	3.20	2.89	1.11	0.20	8.5	7.7	1.31	.282	3.43	85	3.17	89	8.94	12
Bill Voiselle	21	1944	NYG	16	.568	43	41	3.02	161	25	1	0	312.2	276	105	138	31	118	4	1		1,327	7	4.63	3.40	1.36	0.89	12.1	8.9	1.26	.242	3.97	82	3.97	107	7.94	-9
Johnny Beazley	21	1942	SLN	6	.778	43	23	2.13	91	13	3	3	215.1	181	51	67	4	73	3	15		890	7	3.80	3.05	1.25	0.17	10.2	8.2	1.18	.246	2.80	63	2.87	82	7.57	15.3
Tom Browning	20	1985	CIN	9	.690	38	38	3.55	155	6	4	0	261.1	242	103	111	29	73	3	0	8	1,083	2	5.34	2.51	2.12	1.00	14.3	6.7	1.21	.259	3.82	95	3.81	102	8.33	-1.9
Bob Grim	20	1954	NYY	6	.769	37	20	3.26	108	8	1	1	199.0	175	72	78	9	85	3	8		825	4	4.88	3.84	1.27	0.41	13.1	10.3	1.31	.268	3.53	92	3.23	91	7.91	7.1
Harvey Haddix	20	1953	SLN	9	.690	36	33	3.06	163	19	6	1	253.0	220	86	97	24	69	4	2		1,031	9	5.80	2.45	2.36	0.85	15.8	6.7	1.14	.254	3.45	71	3.40	79	7.83	25.1
Alex Kellner	20	1949	PHA	12	.625	38	27	3.75	94	19	0	1	245.0	243	102	120	18	129	2	9		1,069	7	3.45	4.74	0.73	0.66	8.8	12.1	1.52	.272	4.41	89	4.30	102	8.93	-2.3
Gene Bearden	20	1948	CLE	7	.741	37	29	2.43	80	15	6	1	229.2	187	62	72	9	106	3	4		935	5	3.13	4.15	0.75	0.35	8.6	11.3	1.28	.242	2.82	60	3.90	99	7.33	0.4
Mark Fidrych	19	1976	DET	9	.679	31	29	2.34	97	24	4	0	250.1	217	65	76	12	53	3	2	3	996	6	3.49	1.91	1.83	0.43	9.7	5.3	1.08	.247	2.73	63	3.15	86	7.80	13.7
Jerry Koosman	19	1968	NYM	12	.613	35	34	2.08	178	17	7	0	263.2	221	61	72	16	69	8	0	7	1,058	8	6.08	2.36	2.58	0.55	16.8	6.5	1.10	.260	2.46	70	2.70	96	7.54	3.7
Wally Bunker	19	1964	BAL	5	.792	29	29	2.69	96	12	1	0	214.0	161	64	72	17	62	3	0	5	850	3	4.04	2.61	1.55	0.71	11.3	7.3	1.04	.214	3.03	77	3.65	100	6.77	-0.2
Gary Peters	19	1963	CWS	8	.704	41	30	2.33	189	13	4	1	243.0	192	63	69	9	68	8	4	2	978	5	7.00	2.52	2.78	0.33	19.3	7.0	1.07	.260	2.56	67	2.34	67	7.11	32.1
Jack Sanford	19	1957	PHI	8	.704	33	33	3.08	188	15	3	0	236.2	194	81	94	22	94	3	0	2	989	12	7.15	3.57	2.00	0.84	19.0	9.5	1.22	.252	3.57	80	3.31	87	7.38	12.6
Dick Newsome	19	1941	BSA	10	.655	36	29	4.13	58	17	2	0	213.2	235	98	115	13	79	7	4		944	6	2.44	3.33	0.73	0.55	6.1	8.4	1.47	.282	4.84	97	4.12	99	9.90	1.6
Elmer Riddle	19	1941	CIN	4	.826	33	22	2.24	80	15	4	1	216.2	180	54	68	8	59	5	4		884	2	3.32	2.45	1.36	0.33	9.0	6.7	1.10	.235	2.82	62	3.29	89	7.48	9.6
Lance Lynn	18	2012	STL	7	.720	35	29	3.78	180	0	0	0	176.0	168	74	76	16	64	10	2	3	744	3	9.20	3.27	2.81	0.82	24.2	8.6	1.32	.321	3.89	98	3.48	90	8.59	7.4
Carl Morton	18	1970	MON	11	.621	43	37	3.60	154	10	4	0	284.2	281	114	123	27	125	4	1	17	1,218	2	4.87	3.95	1.23	0.85	12.6	10.3	1.43	.280	3.89	87	4.14	106	8.88	-6.8
Chuck Estrada	18	1960	BAL	11	.621	36	25	3.58	144	12	1	2	208.2	162	83	87	18	101	15	6	3	883	2	6.21	4.36	1.43	0.78	16.3	11.4	1.26	.238	3.75	97	3.94	104	6.99	-4
Ken Burkhart	18	1945	SLN	8	.692	42	22	2.90	67	12	4	3	217.1	206	70	76	9	66	3	12		901	3	2.77	2.73	1.02	0.37	7.4	7.3	1.25	.261	3.15	76	3.41	92	8.53	6.9
Justin Verlander	17	2006	DET	9	.654	30	30	3.63	124	1	1	0	186.0	187	75	78	21	60	6	0	1	776	5	6.00	2.90	2.07	1.02	16.0	7.7	1.33	.294	3.77	80	4.34	96	9.05	3.6
CC Sabathia	17	2001	CLE	5	.773	33	33	4.39	171	0	0	0	180.1	149	88	93	19	95	7	0	1	763	7	8.53	4.74	1.80	0.95	22.4	12.5	1.35	.276	4.64	98	4.21	94	7.44	5.2
Freddy Garcia	17	1999	SEA	8	.680	33	33	4.07	170	2	1	0	201.1	205	91	96	18	90	10	0	4	888	12	7.60	4.02	1.89	0.80	19.1	10.1	1.47	.312	4.29	87	4.09	87	9.16	13.7
Dave Fleming	17	1992	SEA	10	.630	33	33	3.39	112	7	4	0	228.1	225	86	95	13	60	4	0	3	946	8	4.41	2.36	1.87	0.51	11.8	6.3	1.25	.280	3.74	86	3.38	86	8.87	14.2
Tom Gordon	17	1989	KCR	9	.654	49	16	3.64	153	1	1	1	163.0	122	66	67	10	86	1	16	4	677	12	8.45	4.75	1.78	0.55	22.6	12.7	1.28	.262	3.70	94	3.28	89	6.74	7.3
Dwight Gooden
Mark Langston
Rick Sutcliffe
Stan Bahnsen
Don Newcombe
Ted Wilks
Ernie White
Sid Hudson
Dakota Hudson
Ryan Yarbrough
Kenta Maeda
Matt Shoemaker
Yu Darvish
Wade Miley
Ivan Nova
Jason Jennings
Mike Boddicker
Ron Guidry
Jim Hughes
Steve Busby
Dick Hughes
Tom Seaver
Herb Score
Luis Gil
Shota Imanaga

Since 1940, 4 pitchers are tied for winning the most games by a rookie, with 21 wins. The first three are Larry Jansen in 1947, Dave Ferriss in 1945 and Bill Voiselle in 1944.

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